October 30, 2012
The Communications Office, in conjunction with CEU’s Summer University, produced three “digital stories” that highlight CEU's location in Budapest and two of last summer's courses: “Problems of the Self” (cognitive science) and “Polemos/Pulmus: Ways of Confrontation in Judaism, Paganism, and Christianity in Late Antiquity” (Jewish/medieval studies). A lower-tech alternative to video, digital storytelling employs still images and interviews that create a narrative. These pieces use photos and commentary from student and faculty participants. They are posted at
October 30, 2012
CEU Founder and Honorary Chairman George Soros gave keynote remarks Oct. 29 at an event to formalize the expansion of an IMM Executive MBA program CEU Business School helped found 20 years ago. Titled “Empowering Executives for Meeting Global Challenges,” the event marked the addition of three partner universities: EMLYON Business School in France, FGV School of Administration—EBAPE in Brazil, and Tianjin University College of Management and Economics in China.
October 30, 2012
During its regular meeting in Budapest on Oct. 28, the CEU Board of Trustees elected Robert Soros as a new member. Soros is the president and deputy chairman of Soros Fund Management LLC, where he has worked since 1994. Prior to joining SFM he worked for Schroeder Munchmeyer & Hengst in its equity research department and for Prudential Bache in its risk arbitrage department. Soros is the chairman of Haleakala, also known as The Kitchen, a not–for-profit performance arts organization. He has a bachelor’s degree from New York University.
October 30, 2012
Dorit Geva, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, has received a €75,000 Marie Curie grant from the European Commission. The grant will fund research on the rise of women from political dynasties in party politics, such as France’s Marine Le Pen and Argentina's Christina Kirchner.
October 30, 2012
Xymena Kurowska, assistant professor in the Department of International Relations and European Studies (IRES), will serve as lead CEU researcher for “Global Norm Evolution and Responsibility to Protect,” a consortium-led project supported by a €1 million grant from the Volkswagen Foundation in cooperation with the Compagnia di San Paolo and the Riksbanken Jubileumsfond within the research framework “Europe and Global Challenges.” Berlin’s Global Public Policy Institute leads the consortium in partnership with institutions in Europe (CEU, Oxford University, University of Frankfurt); Asia (Pe
October 30, 2012
The most recent CEU Alumni Campaign raised more than $41,200, enabling CEU to award 21 scholarships this academic year—the largest number in a single year since its inception. Every year since 2001, CEU has awarded the CEU Alumni Scholarship to outstanding students who have shown a commitment to community service and who have demonstrated their potential to become leaders at CEU and in their future careers. The program is funded exclusively by donations from CEU alumni and friends.
October 30, 2012
During its regular meeting in Budapest on Oct. 28, the CEU Board of Trustees elected Robert Soros as a new member. Soros is the president and deputy chairman of Soros Fund Management LLC, where he has worked since 1994. Prior to joining SFM he worked for Schroeder Munchmeyer & Hengst in its equity research department and for Prudential Bache in its risk arbitrage department. Soros is the chairman of Haleakala, also known as The Kitchen, a not–for-profit performance arts organization.
October 30, 2012
Agnes Batory, associate professor and research fellow in the Department of Public Policy, has been promoted to the rank of professor. Her promotion was effective Oct. 10. She will be returning from maternity leave by the end of November.
October 17, 2012
Provost and Academic Pro-Rector Katalin Farkas, who is also a professor of philosophy, was elected to the prestigious Academia Europaea, a European non-governmental association of leading experts in natural sciences and the humanities.
October 17, 2012
Selim Deringil, visiting professor in CEU’s Nationalism Studies Program, and Balazs Trencsenyi, associate professor in the Department of History, have been elected members of the prestigious Academia Europaea, a European non-governmental association of leading experts in natural sciences and the humanities.
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